Election  is  MONDAY,  not  Tuesday 


JUDICIARY 
CANDIDATES 


SKETCHES 


Election,  June  I,  1903 


THE    HEHRT    O.    SHEPARD    CO.,    PRINTERS,    CHICAGO. 


Sketches 


JUDICIARY 

CANDIDATES 


Republican  Nominees 


For  Superior  Court 
THEODORE    BRENTANO 

For  Circuit  Court 

LORIN  C.  COLLINS,  Jr.  WILLIAM   S.  ELLIOTT 

EDMUND   W.  BURKE  ABRAM   M.  PENCE 

ELBRIDGE  HANECY  ANDREW  J.  HIRSCHL 

FREDERICK  A.  SMITH  DANIEL  J.  SCHUYLER,  Sr. 

OLIVER   H.  HORTON  ABRAHAM  J.  PFLAUM 

RICHARD   S.  TUTHILL  JESSE  A.   BALDWIN 

JOHN   GIBBONS  CHARLES   G.  NEELY 

Provisional  Candidates  under  Law  of  igox 

HOWARD   O.  SPROGLE 
LEANDER   D.  CONDEE 
E.  B.  ESHER 


Judiciary  Candidates 


STRONG  in  the  consciousness  of  right  and  with  an  abiding 
faith  in   the    intelligence  of  the    people,   the    Republican 
party  presents  its   judiciary  candidates  to  the  electors  of  Cook 
County. 

And  this  faith  in  the  people,  this  confidence  in  its  can- 
didates, are  not  without  warrant.  In  selecting  men  for  the 
bench  in  Cook  County  the  Republican  party  has  kept  in  view 
that  the  voters'  idea  of  the  duties  of  a  judge  is  lofty  and 
exacting,  and,  in  making  its  nominations,  the  Republican  party 
accepted,  from  first  to  last,  that  this  wholesome  public  senti- 
ment must  be  conformed  to.  It  recognized  that  to  succeed 
without  complying  with  it  would  be  a  success  not  worth  having. 

The  Republican  ticket — the  selection  of  which  outgrew  from 
this  endeavor  to  comply  with  a  healthy  public  sentiment  — 
was  not  the  work  of  any  midnight  caucus  or  backroom  schem- 
ing. Unlike  the  Democratic  ticket,  it  is  not  made  up  to  catch 
the  odds  and  ends  of  feverish  factions  and  degenerate  isms. 
It  does  not  seek  to  satisfy  the  fantastical  economic  delusions 
of  wild-eyed  dreamers  ;  it  is  not  constructed  for  the  purpose 

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of  currying  favor  with  many  or  any  shades  of  "yellow  thought." 
Nor  it  is  an  effort  to  toady  to  the  lawless  outreaching  of 
unthrift  and  idleness.  The  Republican  ticket  stands  for  all 
that  is  healthful,  hopeful  and  patriotic  —  the  best  of  American 
steadfastness  and  patriotism. 

The  Republican  judiciary  candidates  were  nominated  by 
representatives  of  Republican  voters.  The  most  that  our  party 
committee  was  permitted  to  do  was  to  arrange  the  minor  details 
of  the  primaries  and  convention  according  to  the  primary  elec- 
tion law.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  law  commands  that  but 
one  primary  election  shall  be  held  in  the  first  half  of  the  year, 
the  delegates  to  the  judicial  convention  had  to  be  chosen  at  the 
same  primaries  at  which  the  city  convention  delegates  were 
selected.  This  was  in  harmony  with  good  public  policy,  because 
as  a  result  of  it  more  than  80,000  Republicans  voted  at  the  joint 
primaries.  The  vote  was  the  largest  primary  election  vote  ever 
cast  by  any  political  party  in  Cook  County.  It  represented  the 
conclusions  of  the  most  thoughtful,  the  most  patriotic,  the  most 
aggressive  of  the  Republican  voters.  It  embraced  all  factions 
and  all  interests.  Delegates  to  the  number  of  1,039  were  chosen 
from  368  primary  election  districts.  In  the  convention  there 
were  no  contesting  delegations.  The  entire  Republican  party 
was  represented.  It  was  universally  agreed  that  the  primary 
election  at  which  the  delegates  were  chosen  was  impartial  and 
fair  in  its  proceedings.  The  Republican  judicial  convention  was 
exceptional — extraordinary. 

These  are  the  facts  in  relation  to  the  Republican  judiciary 
nominations. 

1.  More  than  80,000  Republicans  voted  at  the  primaries; 
1,039  delegates  from  368  precincts  sat  in  the  convention. 

2.  There  were  no   "slate"  nor  nominations  by  resolution. 
Delegates   nominated   the   candidates    of   their  choice   without 
interference  or  restraint. 


3.  Every  one  of  the   29    names   placed    in    nomination    for 
the  judgeships  was  voted  on  by  roll  call    and   the   result   an- 
nounced.    No  roll  call  was  disputed. 

4.  No  gag  rule  under  the  gavel  was  applied.      There  was 
no  strife  nor  appeals  from  the  decision  of  the  chair. 

5.  Candidates  were  nominated  and  voted  for  wholly  with- 
out   regard    for    the    lines    drawn    in    the    Mayoralty    primary 
contest. 

6.  The  average  vote  of  the  men  nominated  for  judge  was 
about  850,  showing  that  the  selections  were  not  far  from  being 
unanimous. 

7.  More  than  a  month  elapsed  from  the  time  the  judiciary 
delegates  were  chosen  at  the  primaries  until  they  met  in  con- 
vention.    This  gave    them    abundant    time    to   investigate    the 
fitness  of  candidates.     At  the  same  time  it  made  the  convention 
free  from  stampeding  possibilities    because   of   unpreparedness. 

Compare  the  Democratic  convention  with  the  foregoing. 
The  Democratic  judicial  ticket  was  named  by  Mayor  Harrison, 
practically  alone.  In  the  Democratic  convention  there  were 
no  nominations  by  delegates.  The  entire  judicial  slate,  made 
up  by  the  Mayor,  was  put  through  by  resolution,  under  the 
gavel.  In  a  published  interview  Mayor  Harrison  explains  in 
effect  that  this  course  was  adopted  by  him  because  the  delegates 
sent  to  represent  Democratic  voters  could  not  be  trusted  to 
select  suitable  candidates  for  judges.  Critics  of  Mayor  Harrison 
assert  that  he  used  this  excuse  in  order  to  be  able  to  make 
up  a  ticket  that  would  embrace  his  favorites,  and  at  the  same 
time  appease  the  clamorous  and  dangerous  elements  of  the 
Harrison  dynasty  that  seeks  to  obtain  a  foothold  on  the  bench. 

The  Republican  party  has  always  endeavored  to  maintain 
the  high  standard  of  integrity  and  excellence  which  the  judiciary 
of  Cook  County  has  enjoyed.  Almost  without  exception,  since 
the  troublous  days  when  the  Republican  party  came  into 

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existence  with  the  flag  in  one  hand  and  the  sword  in  the  other 
to  uphold  the  Union  and  eradicate  human  chattel  slavery,  the 
majority  of  the  bench  in  Cook  County  has  been  Republican. 
The  Republican  judiciary  has  in  the  evolution  of  law  left  its 
mark,  especially  by  decisions  in  the  interests  of  the  people. 
The  Republican  bench  of  Cook  County,  with  its  magnificent 
record  of  nearly  half  a  hundred  years,  is  a  monument  to  the 
wisdom  and  patriotism  of  the  Republican  party. 

With  its  record  in  the  past,  with  the  high  character  of  all  its 
judiciary  candidates,  the  Republican  Campaign  Committee  feels 
justified  in  appealing  to  all  electors  to  vote  for  the  clean-handed, 
courageous,  able  and  industrious  men  whom  it  has  nominated. 
More  in  the  present  than  in  the  past  there  are  dangerous  here- 
sies in  the  air.  Self-seeking  agitators  are  arousing  discontent. 
The  blind  seek  to  lead  the  blind.  A  crucial  test  is  at  hand. 
There  is  an  impending  crisis. 

The  safety  of  the  Republic  and  the  welfare  of  all  the  people 
can  best  be  safeguarded  by  an  intelligent,  patrotic  and  coura- 
geous judiciary. 

The  Republican  committee  solicits  the  closest  possible  scru- 
tiny of  the  Republican  judiciary  candidates,  sketches  of  whom 
appear  in  connection  with  this. 


HEODORE   BRENTANO 

During  more  than  twelve  years  Judge  Theodore 
Brentano  has  served  on  the  Superior  bench  of  Cook 
County.  He  was  born  in  Michigan  and  came  to  Chi- 
cago in  1859.  His  early  education,  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools.  Subsequently  he  studied  in  the  Polytechnic  High 
Schools  at  Zurich,  Switzerland,  and  Carlsruhe  and  Dresden, 
Germany.  After  extensive  study  and  travel  abroad  he  returned 
to  Chicago.  Later  he  entered  the  National  University  Law 
School  at  Washington,  D.  C.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  Returning  to 
this  city  he  continued  to  practice  law  until  1887,  when  he 
received  an  appointment  in  the  city  law  department  under 
Corporation  Counsel  Horton  (Judge  Horton).  A  year  later 
he  became  Assistant  City  Attorney  under  City  Attorney  Hemp- 
stead  Washburne.  Later  he  formed  the  law  partnership  with 
Mr.  Washburne  which  continued  until  Judge  Brentano  was 
nominated  for  the  bench  to  fill  an  unexpired  term  in  1890.  He 
was  elected  by  a  majority  of  ten  thousand,  and  was  reelected 
a  year  later,  and  again  in  1897. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


DMUND   W.   BURKE, 

Judge  Edmund  W.  Burke  is  a  native  of  Illinois, 
having  been  born  fifty  years  ago  on  a  farm  in 
Ogle  county,  Illinois.  He  was  prepared  for  college 
in  the  Rockford  and  Mount  Morris  schools,  graduated  in  the 
liberal  and  scientific  courses  of  the  Northwestern  University 
in  1868,  and  for  some  time  was  instructor  in  Latin.  He  pur- 
sued his  legal  studies  in  the  law  school  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michi- 
gan, and  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  September,  1871. 

Subsequently  Judge  Burke  entered  the  law  office  of  Will- 
iam H.  Brackett,  and  in  ^876  formed  the  partnership  of 
Brown  &  Burke.  Prior  to^kis  time  he  assisted  Mr.  J.  H. 
Bissell  in  editing  tne  u.  S.~  C.  C.  Law  Reports.  He  was 
married  in  1878,  and  has  resided  continuously  in  his  present 
home  in  West  Chicago. 

In  1893  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of 
Cook  County  and  was  reflected  in  1897.  In  December,  1902, 
he  was  selected  by  the  Illinois  Supreme  Court  to  fill  the  \  acancy 
in  the  Appellate  Court  of  the  First  District  caused  by  the  ill- 
health  of  Judge  Henry  M.  Shepard. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


OHN    GIBBONS 

Judge  Gibbons  has  lived  in  Chicago  twenty-four 
years  and  in  that  time  has  won  and  received  the 
sincere  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who  came  into 
contact  with  him.  His  record  on  the  bench  speaks  for  itself. 
He  was  born  March  28,  1848,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  was  graduated  from  Notre  Dame  University  in 
1868.  He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870  in 
Philadelphia  and  to  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  two  years 
later.  He  was  appointed  City  Attorney  of  Kcokuk,  Iowa,  in 
T873,  which  position  he  resigned  in  1876,  having  been  elected 
to  the  Legislature  of  that  State.  While  in  the  Legislature  he 
introduced  the  first  bill  ever  presented  in  a  legislative  assem- 
bly for  the  protection  of  wages  of  workingmen. 

Judge  Gibbons  came  to  Chicago  in  1879,  and  in  1893  was 
elected  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court.  Four  years  later  he  was 
reflected.  For  several  years  he  has  lectured  on  law  and  juris- 
prudence, and  is  the  author  of  works  on  law  and  literature. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

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LBRIDGE   HANE.CY 

At  the  time  of  his  first  election  to  the  Circuit  bench, 
Judge  Elbridge  Hanecy  was  regarded  as  one  of  the 
ablest  lawyers  at  the  Chicago  bar.  His  record  as  a 
judge,  covering  a  period  of  ten  years,  has  fulfilled  the  promise 
of  his  earlier  professional  life.  Judge  Hanecy  was  born  on 
a  farm  in  Wisconsin  in  1852.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1869  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  Academy  in 
Wisconsin.  Early  in  his  life  in  this  city  he  was  employed 
successively  by  Field,  Leiter  &  Co.  and  John  V.  Farwell  &  Co. 
Subsequently  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1874.  He  was  first  elected  to  the  Circuit  bench  in  1893.  Four 
years  later  he  was  reflected  for  a  full  term,  having  been 
endorsed  by  both  the  Republican  and  Democratic  parties.  He 
was  three  times  elected  as  umpire  for  the  bricklayers,  and 
served  from  the  spring  of  1894  to  1897  without  compensation. 
During  all  that  time  there  was  never  a  strike  or  a  lockout  or 
loss  of  time  on  either  side. 


Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


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LIVER   H.    HORTON 

From  "lumber  shover  "  to  Circuit  Judge  —  this 
epitomizes  the  career  of  Judge  Horton.  Forty 
years  ago  he  worked  on  the  timber  docks  along  the 
Chicago  river,  and  his  rise  in  life  has  been  due  to  hard  work 
and  conscientious  endeavor,  which  have  been  duly  rewarded. 
Judge  Horton  was  born  in  western  New  York,  in  1835,  and 
came  to  Chicago  in  1855.  After  three  seasons  on  the  lumber 
docks,  in  1860  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Hoyne,  Miller  & 
Lewis,  to  read  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  in  1864 
Judge  Horton  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Horton,  Ayer  & 
Horton.  Judge  Horton  was  elected  to  the  bench  in  1887. 
Except  to  serve  Mayor  Roach,  as  Corporation  Counsel,  the 
Judge  has  never  held  any  other  political  position.  While  read- 
ing law  in  the  office  of  Hoyne,  Miller  &  Lewis,  he  also  attended 
the  Union  College  of  Law,  now  Northwestern  University  Law 
School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1863.  For  sixteen 
years  Judge  Horton  has  served  on  the  bench,  and  his  hosts  of 
friends  believe  he  will  be  reflected  to  continue  an  honorable 
career  as  a  member  of  the  Cook  County  judiciary. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


HARLES   G.    NEELY 

No  member  of  the  Cook  County  Circuit  bench  has 
made  a  better  record  than  Judge  Charles  G.  Neely. 
Both  his  training  and  temperament  fitted  him  to 
make  "  an  upright  judge,"  and  he  has  administered  the  affairs 
of  his  court  with  satisfaction  to  all.  Judge  Neely  is  a  native 
of  Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Benton,  Franklin  County,  in  1855. 
His  early  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Ben- 
ton.  Subsequently  he  attended  the  Illinois  University  at  Cham- 
paign, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1880.  He  came  to 
Chicago  four  years  later  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  A  few  years  later  Judge  Neely  was  elected  to  rep- 
resent the  Sixth  Senatorial  District  in  the  General  Assembly. 
For  five  years  he  was  Assistant  State's  Attorney  of  Cook 
County,  a  position  in  which  he  made  an  enviable  record.  In 
1895  ne  was  chosen  judge  to  fill  the  vacancy  made  by  the 
resignation  of  S.  P.  McConnell,  and  in  1897  he  was  elected  for 
the  full  term. 


Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


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ichard    Stanley   Tuthill 

For  thirty  years  Judge  Tuthill  has  been  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  public  life  of  Chicago.  His  record  as 

a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  private  citizen  and  judge 
on  the  bench  entitles  him  to  the  respect  and  confidence  which 
have  so  cheerfully  been  accorded  him.  Judge  Tuthill  was  born 
at  Vergennes,  Illinois,  in  1841,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri  College  and  Illinois  College. 
During  the  Civil  War  he  served  under  Gen.  John  A.  Logan ; 
later  as  second  and  first  lieutenant,  Battery  H,  First  Michigan 
Light  Artillery.  Judge  Tuthill  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1866.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1873,  and  was  elected  City 
Attorney  two  years  later.  He  was  first  elected  to  the  bench  in 
1887,  and  was  reelccted  in  1891  and  1897.  In  1899  he  was 
chosen  by  the  judges  of  the  Circuit  Court  to  organize  and  hold 
Juvenile  Court  in  addition  to  his  other  duties.  He  is  a  trustee 
of  St.  Charles  Home  for  Boys,  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion, 
the  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee,  Citv  and  State  Bar 
Associations,  Lincoln  and  Church  Clubs,  and  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

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ESSE  A.   BALDWIN 

Like  many  Americans  who  have  won  success,  Jesse 
A.  Baldwin  spent  his  early  life  on  a  farm.  He  was 
born  in  McHenry  County,  Illinois,  August  9,  1854, 
and  obtained  his  education  in  the  common  schools  and  the 
University  of  Illinois.  After  teaching  school  five  years  Mr. 
Baldwin  read  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  T.  D.  Murphy,  of 
Woodstock,  and  was  then  appointed  Assistant  United  States 
District  Attorney  at  Chicago.  He  filled  this  position  with 
credit  from  1877  to  1884. 

Mr.  Baldwin  has  lived  in  Oak  Park  sixteen  years,  and  has 
been  active  in  local  affairs,  having  served  as  Town  Attorney, 
president  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  trustee  of  the  Library 
Institute.  In  addition  to  attending  to  his  extensive  law  prac- 
tice, he  has  also  served  as  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  University 
of  Chicago,  and  of  Rush  Medical  College.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Union  League  Club,  being  one  of  its  Political  Action  Com- 
mittee. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  Quadrangle 
Club,  Chicago  Bar  Association,  Patent  Law  Association  of 
Chicago,  Illinois  State  Bar  Association  and  American  Bar 
Association. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

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ORIN   C.   COLLINS,  Jr. 

No  man  has  taken  a  more  prominent  or  useful  part 
in  the  public  affairs  of  his  State  than  has  Lorin  C. 
Collins,  Jr.    As  speaker  of  the  Legislature  and  judge 
on  the  bench,  he  made  an  enviable  record,  which  bespeaks 
him  hearty  support  in  the  present  campaign. 

Lorin  C.  Collins,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  August  I, 
1848.  He  was  graduated  from  Northwestern  University  in 
1872,  and  has  lived  in  Cook  County  since  1868.  Was  admitted 
to  practice  law  in  1874*  He  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in 
1878,  and  reelected  in  1880  and  1882.  He  was  unanimously 
chosen  by  the  Republicans  as  their  candidate  for  speaker  of  the 
House  in  1883.  He  was  appointed  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  Cook  County  in  December,  1884,  and  was  elected  to  succeed 
himself  in  1885,  and  again  in  1891.  After  nine  years'  service 
on  the  bench,  he  resigned  and  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Collins,  Goodrich,  Darrow  &  Vincent.  This  connection  lasted 
two  years,  when  a  partnership  was  formed  with  William  Mende 
Fletcher.  The  first  two  years  of  service  on  the  bench  were 
devoted  to  common  law.  The  last  seven  years  were  spent  as 
a  chancellor. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

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ILLIAM  SIDNEY  ELLIOTT 

No  attorney  at  the  Chicago  bar  has  been  connected 
with  more  important  cases  than  has  William  S. 
Elliott.  In  the  course  of  his  long  practice  he  has 
figured  in  more  than  seven  thousand  suits  and  conducted  the 
defense  in  sixty  murder  trials,  demonstrating  his  ability  in  all 
branches  of  his  chosen  profession.  Mr.  Elliott  was  born  in 
Niles,  Michigan,  May  i,  1849,  and  traces  his  lineage  direct 
from  John  Eliot,  of  Puritan  fame. 

After  passing  through  the  public  schools  of  Quincy,  Illi- 
nois, William  S.  Elliott  came  to  Chicago,  and  after  eleven 
years  in  the  insurance  business,  studied  law  under  the  tutelage 
of  Luther  Laflin  Mills  and  Emory  Storrs. 

For  five  years  Mr.  Elliott  was  Assistant  State's  Attorney 
under  Judge  Longenecker,  during  which  time  he  tried  nearly 
six  thousand  cases,  with  rare  success.  Mr.  Elliott  was  one  of 
the  promoters  of  the  Apollo  Musical  Club,  and  belongs  to  the 
Blue  Lodge,  Chapter,  Council  and  Commandery  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity ;  the  Royal  League,  Royal  Arcanum,  National 
Union,  Ancient  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Illinois,  Hamilton,  Marquette, 
Lincoln  and  Mencken  Clubs,  the  Art  Institute  and  Columbia 
Post,  G.  A.  R. 


Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


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ndrew   Jackson    Hirschl 

Both  as  a  practicing  lawyer  and  as  a  writer  on  law 
topics,  Andrew  Jackson  Hirschl  has  won  an  envi- 
able reputation  among  leaders  at  the  Chicago  bar. 
He  was  born  April  30,  1852,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  after 
attending  Griswold  College  was  graduated  from  Amherst  Col- 
lege (1873)  and  the  Law  Department,  State  University  of 
Iowa,  1875.  He  came  to  Chicago  in  1891,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Rosenthal,  Kurz  &  Hirschl.  For  a  time  Mr. 
Hirschl  was  lecturer  on  the  Law  of  Torts  at  the  State  Univer- 
sity Law  Department,  Iowa  City,  and  for  the  last  seven  years 
has  been  Professor  of  the  Law  of  Corporations  in  the  Chicago 
Law  School. 

He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  the  "  Turn-Verein  "  since 
1857,  and  belongs  to  the  Chicago  and  State  Bar  Associations, 
Chicago  Law  Institute,  Medico-Legal  Club,  Hamilton  Club, 
Marquette  Club,  Woodlawn  Park  Club,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
fraternity. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish  War  Mr.  Hirschl  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  the  1st  Illinois  Volunteer  Cavalry,  commanded 
by  Col.  E.  C.  Young,  and  served  therein  till  peace  was  de- 
clared, being  in  the  meantime  promoted  to  Corporal. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

17 


A 


BRAM    M.    PENCE 

A  canvass  of  Chicago  lawyers  has  proved  that 
A.  M.  Pence  is  universally  considered  eminently 
qualified  for  the  bench.  During  his  forty  years'  resi- 
dence in  this  city  he  has  earned  the  respect  of  all  as  a  man 
of  unquestioned  probity  and  signal  ability.  He  was  born  in 
Ohio  and  graduated  at  Miami  University  when  twenty-two 
years  old.  In  1862  he  was  graduated  at  the  Cincinnati  Law 
School  and  came  at  once  to  Chicago,  where  he  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  formed  a  partnership  with 
Julius  Rosenthal  in  1866,  which  continued  twenty-one  years. 
In  the  course  of  his  long  career  Mr.  Pence  has  argued  two 
hundred  and  fifty  cases  before  the  United  States  and  the  Illi- 
nois Supreme  Courts.  Among  his  public  services  Mr.  Pence 
wrote  the  city  election  law,  which  is  a  monument  to  his  wis- 
dom as  an  able  lawyer.  He  belongs  to  the  Union  League  and 
Marquette  Clubs  and  various  law  associations.  He  has  never 
held  public  office,  although  frequently  besought  to  enter  the 
political  field. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

18 


J.   PFLAUM 


Although  one  of  the  youngest  men  on  the  judicial 
ticket,  A.  J.  Pflaum's  standing  at  the  Chicago  bar  is 

proof  of  the  ability  he  has  shown,  and  augurs  well  for 
his  future  on  the  bench.  He  was  born  and  educated  in  Chicago 
and  is  now  in  his  thirtieth  year.  He  graduated  from  the  law 
department  of  the  Lake  Forest  University,  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  1894  and  became  associated  with  the  law  firm  of 
Hoffheimer,  Zeisler  &  Mack.  Since  1900  Mr.  Pflaum  has 
practiced  alone.  As  attorney  for  the  town  of  South  Chicago, 
in  1900,  Mr.  Pflaum  was  prominently  identified  with  the 
movement  for  township  abolition.  He  brought  suit  against  the 
former  town  collector  for  $160,000,  and  has  been  associated  in 
that  litigation  with  the  attorneys  for  the  Citizens'  Association. 
He  was  for  many  years  secretary  of  the  Young  Men's  Charity 
Association  and  is  now  secretary  of  the  Michael  Reese  Hospital 
and  a  director  of  the  United  Charities  of  Chicago.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Standard  and  the  Hamilton  Clubs  and  the  State 
and  Chicago  Bar  Associations. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 
19 


D 


ANIEL   J.   SCHUYLER,  Sr. 

Daniel  J.  Schuyler,  Sr.,  is  one  of  the  most  experi- 
enced and  respected  lawyers  identified  with  the 
Chicago  legal  fraternity.  He  was  born  on  his  father's 
farm  at  Amsterdam,  New  York,  and  lived  there  until  he  left 
home  to  attend  the  Academy  at  Amsterdam  and  the  Franklin 
Academy  of  Delaware  County,  New  York.  He  entered  Union 
College  at  Schenectady,  and,  on  leaving  college,  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  ex-United  States  Senator  Francis  Kernan,  at 
Utica,  New  York,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1864.  He  then  came  to  Chicago  and  engaged  in 
the  general  practice  of  law.  In  1872  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  the  late  George  Gardiner,  which  continued  for  ten  years, 
until  Mr.  Gardiner's  election  to  the  bench.  He  subsequently 
was  connected  in  partnership  with  George  A.  Follansbee  and 
Charles  E.  Kremer,  and  has  had  a  large  experience  in  the  trial 
of  all  classes  of  cases.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Holland 
Society  and  is  a  member  of  a  number  of  other  societies  and 
legal  organizations. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 

20 


REDERICK   A.   SMITH 

No  better  judicial  timber  than  Frederick  A.  Smith 
is  possessed  by  the  bar  of  any  State.  He  was  born 
and  bred  in  the  county  which  he  aspires  to  serve  on 
the  Circuit  bench.  Mr.  Smith  is  58  years  of  age.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  this  city,  and,  when  the  Civil 
War  broke  out,  he  was  attending  the  old  Chicago  University. 
In  1863  he  enlisted  in  the  T34th  Illinois  Volunteers  and  served 
until  the  regiment  was  mustered  out.  He  studied  law  at  the 
Union  College  of  Law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1867  and 
began  practice  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Smith  &  Kohlsaat. 
In  1887  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  Law  Club  of  Chicago, 
and  in  1890  president  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association.  In  1891 
he  served  the  Hamilton  Club  as  its  president.  The  Republican 
convention  nominated  him  for  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  in 
1898.  Mr.  Smith  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  new  Chicago  Uni- 
versity since  its  organization.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  Rush 
Medical  College. 


Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


21 


EANDER.  D.   CONDEE 


As  a  legislator  and  a  member  of  the  Chicago  legal 
fraternity,  Leander  D.  Condee  has  demonstrated 
that  he  is  a  man  the  people  can  trust  with  implicity. 
Mr.  Condee  was  born  in  Athens  County,  Ohio,  in  1847.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  St.  Paul's  Academy, 
in  Kankakee.  He  entered  the  University  of  Michigan,  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1868,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Butler,  Missouri,  in  1869. 

In  1873  he  came  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  since  prac- 
ticed his  profession.  During  four  years  he  served  as  attorney 
for  the  Village  of  Hyde  Park. 

In  1880  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  from  the  then 
Second  Senatorial  District,  where  his  record  was  that  of  a 
conservative  legislator.  He  has  lived  in  what  is  now  the 
Sixth  Ward  for  twenty-nine  years.  He  is  a  member  of  a 
number  of  clubs  and  fraternal  societies,  and  during  1902  he 
was  president  of  the  Michigan  Alumni  Association. 

In  1892  Mr.  Condee  was  nominated  for  judge  of  the 
Superior  Court,  and  was  defcntcd  with  the  entire  Republican 
ticket  by  the  Cleveland  landslide  of  that  year. 


Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


DWARD    B.   ESHER 

No  lawyer  ranks  higher  at  the  bar,  or,  for  his  years, 
has  attained  a  more  extensive  practice  than  has 
Edward  B.  Esher.  He  was  born  in  the  County  of 
Cook  forty-five  years  ago,  and  has  resided  in  Chicago  con- 
tinuously since  1870.  He  early  showed  an  aptitude  for  the 
legal  profession,  and  at  the  age  of  29  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  being  one  of  the  youngest 
lawyers  ever  so  honored.  He  is  the  son  of  the  late  bishop 
J.  J.  Esher  of  the  Evangelical  Church.  In  1875  Mr.  Esher  was 
graduated  from  the  Central  High  School  and  four  years  later 
from  the  old  Chicago  University.  He  studied  law  at  the  Union 
College  of  Law  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  1882.  From 
1895  to  1900  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ritchie,  Esher 
&  Knobel.  He  has  been  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Supreme 
Courts  of  Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  Michigan,  Iowa  and  Nebraska. 
He  is  a  member  of  a  number  of  fraternal  organizations  in  the 
city  and  State,  of  the  University  Club  and  the  Illinois  State 
and  Chicago  Bar  Associations. 

Election  Day,  Monday,  June   1. 

23 


OWARD   O.   SPROGLE 

During  Chas.  S.  Deneen's  successful  administration 
of  the  State's  Attorney's  office,  Mr.   Sprogle  has 
been  one  of  his  most  valued  assistants.    To  him  has 
been  assigned  the  important  task  of  presenting  cases  to  the 
grand  jury,  and  he  has  shown  an  ability  in  this  direction  which 
marks  him  for  excellent  service  on  the  bench. 

Mr.  Sprogle  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1855  and  was 
educated  at  St.  Ignatius  College  and  the  old  Chicago  Uni- 
versity. He  began  the  study  of  law  shortly  thereafter,  graduat- 
ing from  the  Pennsylvania  University  Law  School,  and  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  1878.  For  three  years  he  was  Assistant 
United  States  District  Attorney  for  Colorado  and  practiced 
in  the  courts  of  Pennsylvania,  Colorado  and  Virginia.  He  was 
engaged  in  journalistic  work  several  years,  being  connected 
with  the  Philadelphia  Press  and  the  Chicago  Evening  Post. 
He  was  appointed  Assistant  State's  Attorney  in  1806 


Election  Day,  Monday,  June  1. 


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